on the closing night of our run at the willie agee playhouse, we presented a donation of $1500 to sydney brazile johnson and dianne roebuck of st katharine drexel prep . this concludes but chapter 1 in the story of the distress signals project. to be continued…!

today at lacma… line, form, qi: calligraphic art from the fondation ink collection

everyone does hamlet and macbeth wrong because everyone reads essays about the plays instead of the actual plays

mona lisa vito

when the distress signals project began, we had two missions: our art was in service of philanthropy, and our artists would get paid. we are grateful to announce both missions have been accomplished. . before yet another sold-out crowd, our show closes tonight. for now… 😉

last night we made our next distress signals donation! . after last night’s sold-out performance, we presented a check for $1500 to the amazing grace conservatory. we are grateful for and inspired by their commitment to nurturing aspiring young artists, and are proud to support their important work.

our first distress signals donation has been made! . at this past sunday’s performance, amber wynn graciously accepted our $1000 contribution to support black theatre. we were honored by her presence and grateful for her beautiful words to commemorate this special occasion.

amazing open night. oversold the house. beautiful performances. healing dialogue. back at it tonight. some tix still available: The Distress Signals Project www.eventbrite.com/e/the-distre...

full slate this month. time to suit up. 🎟️ the interview premieres at the micheaux film fest 🗓️ oct 23-26 🎟️ a beautiful little fool from zaria debuts at the laemmle 🗓️ sept 25-oct 2 🎟️ the distress signals project opens at the willie agee playhouse 🗓️ oct 3-5 OPENING WEEKEND! 🗓️ oct 10-12 show dates

mfw “breaking news”

🚨 JOIN US TODAY AT 12:00 PM to protest ABC and demand they bring back #jimmykimmellive. 🚨

charlie kirk did not deserve what he got. but he got what he believed other people deserved.

the inaugural distress signals project debuts this october at the willie agee theater in inglewood. all profits from the shows will go to service organizations selected by our four playwrights (j. holtham, larryjean powell, shannon timberlake and me). get your tix here and now!

we did it, guys. 😊 you can still donate if you’d like, you can definitely still buy tickets to the show (please do that!). but our production is now fully funded and every $ we earn from here on out in donations, ticket sales and concessions will go to the service organizations we’ve selected.

DO NOT SPLIT 🤍

if you ever wanted to hear me talk working with soderbergh, my worst day on set EVER, method acting and how i’m launching a theatre company to deliver support to communities in need, i gotcha covered. youtu.be/RoXxiv0B66o?...

directing is hard. 😬 #briskfestival

gun control is bad because if we had gun control then no one would be able to fight back if the federal government attacked us. like if it put soldiers in our streets, jailed people without due process, punished people for free speech, or rigged/cancelled elections. crazy stuff like that.

go c’s @celticsnba.bsky.social

The membership is the union. It’s time we start acting like it. Let’s get out and vote, Los Angeles. thecoalition2025.org #TheCoalition2025 #AstinHurd2025 #SAGAFTRA #UnionStrong #SAGAFTRAElection #UnionPower #UnionProud

omar comin

when we went on strike execs claimed their negotiating strategy was to starve us out of our homes and replace us with ai so it feels less abusive if the doll in question is fucking CHUCKY

the wait is now over! tickets are now available for the first distress signals project! please come out to celebrate the distress signals project and the necessary change, growth, and empathy we are trying to deliver to our community. just click the link and we’ll see you at the show in october!

they literally cheated to win the 2000 election, failed to protect us from 9-11, launched an illegal war based on a lie that killed at least half a million innocent people, crashed the economy and left an entire american city to drown.

hope you get primaried out politics, coward.

there’s nothing we know today about donald’s history as a sexual predator that we didn’t know in 2016. people who voted for him did so because 1) they don’t care that he’s a sexual predator 2) like that he’s a sexual predator 3) saw his ascension as protection because they’re also sexual predators.

as we begin only our 2nd weekend of fundraising for the distress signals project, we’re already at 55% of our goal. 😊 it would make a real difference if you could please donate or share. every donation helps us create theatre intended to heal, transform, and lift up our community.

after privately raising over 40% of our goal in under a week, the distress signals project is opening our fundraising drive to the public. every donation helps us create theatre intended to heal, transform, and lift up our community. it would make a real difference if you could donate or share.

😬 #jiujitsu #bjj

nah. i’m out, we transfer.

please consider donating to the distress signals project, debuting this oct in la. the project strives to present exemplary-quality theatre that partners each production with charitable orgs that service the needs of the communities represented in its stories. www.indiegogo.com/projects/the...

awwww that’s gonna leave a mark #jiujitsu

simply put, we can always do better. why i wrote “southern cross.” . the distress signals project debuts this october in los angeles! . www.instagram.com/reel/DL7mmZo...

one of my acting students got me a piece of the old gahhden parquet floor. 😊 @celticsnba.bsky.social

storytelling and overcoming resistance with writer j holtham. . j’s “when in the course of human events” will appear this october at the first distress signals project event! www.instagram.com/reel/DLz6TKT...

“for these grandmothers and mothers of ours were not saints, but artists.” ~ alice walker . distress signals playwright shannon timberlake on the lineage of women. . distress signals opens this october! www.instagram.com/reel/DLsQgYS...

coming this september as part of the brisk theatre festival in los angeles. www.instagram.com/p/DLkZHERRF4...

“we have always existed.” writer jholtham breaks it down. . the distress signals project debuts this fall! please follow us for more information and inspiration. . www.indiegogo.com/projects/the...

the shadow you can’t escape a sombra da qual você não pode escapar 😬

in 5 words or less… meet our playwrights! www.instagram.com/reel/DLXdTxq...

so grateful to get to work today. i have not been on a set as an actor in 2years and candidly, that reality had been weighing really heavily on my heart. thank you for the gig, bradley stryker.

dirt’s an-timer. best opening trilogy (them bones, dam that river, rain when i die) and all-time bookender - up there with appetite for destruction, zoso, and purple rain.

the correct response when a bunch of guys in masks who aren’t cops and don’t have warrants try to kidnap you is to beat the fucking brakes off them

i have spent years being dared by dudebros to “prove donald’s a nazi” and i dunno being sad the nazis lost world war ii seems like a pretty big clue. 🤷🏻‍♂️

thank you @leecasebolt.bsky.social and @mattp3000.bsky.social for sharing news about our distress signals theatre project. grateful to you both, my friends. 🤍

weird how all the dudes who told me in 2020 that mask mandates were tyranny because you can’t breathe in them aren’t concerned at all about soldier of fortune nerds wearing masks while they drop smoke grenades on their own neighbors.

an under-emphasized aspect of this situation is that for two of the four biggest producers of entertainment - apple and amazon - entertainment is not their primary business. 1/4

completely anecdotal, but thus far, my experience with ai in entertainment is everybody wants to use it and nobody wants to fucking watch it.

peter david explored “mild-mannered” bruce banner as a man who repressed his rage and trauma, because of the childhood abuse he suffered at the hands of his monstrous father. “the gamma bomb didn’t so much create the hulk as… unleash him.” haunts me to this day.

excited to share a new endeavor we’ll be launching this fall: the distress signals project! . #theatre that heals, transforms, and connects our communities. . www.instagram.com/reel/DKChouK...